On July 17, 1996, at 2031 e.d.t., a Boeing 747131,registration numberN93119, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, about eight miles south ofEast Moriches, New York, after faking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport(JFK). The airplane was being operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight planunder the provisions of Part 121, on a regularly scheduled flight to Charles De GaulleInternational Airport (CDG), Paris, France, as Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800. Theairplane was destroyed by explosion, fire, and impact forces with the ocean. All 230people aboard were killed.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/close-up-investigating-twa-flight-800